Te Atamira offers a wide-ranging programme of exhibitions, workshops, classes, performances, events and talks designed for everyone to be creative, every day.
We have 22 purpose-built spaces, including an art gallery, dance studios, performance spaces, a recording studio, music teaching and rehearsal rooms, a pottery studio, art workshop and a community project space.
Te Atamira, which means platform or stage in te reo Māori, strives to be a place for all to practice, produce, experience, participate in and be inspired by the arts.
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In Bathing, Bask
considers how spaces can act as a supportive environment for stimming, sensory processing and soothing the nervous system.
Community Planting Day
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Love Notes by Ed Cruikshank
This interactive project invites you to write a message of love and send it to the world, in a specially made interactive artwork.
Use Your Words
Use Your Words is a visual art exhibition that celebrates the profound power of language through the lens of four essential words: Mautohe | Protest, Aroha | Love, Mātauranga | Wisdom, and Auaha | Create. Featuring a diverse array of artists and creatives, the exhibition draws connections between these words and how they have shaped personal and collective experiences. Open daily until 30 March 2025.
Saturday Arts Social
Saturday Arts Social is a multi-arts programme and morning tea designed for our 60+ community. We gather every Saturday morning for a broad programme of events including concerts, art workshops, dance/movement classes and artist talks. Next event: Saturday 29 March, 10:30am - 12:30pm
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Alta (2016-2024)
Explore memory, place, and change in Alta (2016-2024), Marc Blake's immersive exhibition. Featuring eight years of photographs centered on a solitary basketball hoop in Queenstown's Kawarau Falls Park, this dreamlike installation invites reflection on memory, isolation and transformation. Artist Talk: Saturday 5 April, 10:30am
Community Sing
Bring your voice and join us for Community Sing, on the first Tuesday of every month. No need to read music or sing in key – just come and experience the joy of singing, and singing with others. Next event: Tuesday 1 April 2025, 7pm - 8pm
TDC69 Aotearoa: The World’s Best Typography
Creative agency Osborne Shiwan brings TDC69 Aotearoa: The World’s Best Typography to Te Atamira. Featuring 202 winning works from 77 countries, the annual Type Directors Club award showcases design excellence and typographic innovation from around the world.
Community Planting Day
Come and plant your new community outdoor space at Te Atamira with support from Mitre 10 Mega Helping Hands. Help transform the outdoor space with greenery, then enjoy a sausage sizzle thanks to Mitre 10 Mega Queenstown. Saturday 5 April, 10:30am – 1:30pm. All ages welcome.
Community Draw
Join us with sketchbook and pencil in hand for Community Draw, on the second Tuesday of every month. No experience necessary - come along and embrace the joy of different approaches to drawing. Next event: Tuesday 8 April 2025, 6:30 - 8pm
Community Dance
Calling all dance enthusiasts and rhythmic explorers, on the third Tuesday of every month! Join us for a dance class - open to all levels and ages, no RSVP required, just drop in and let's dance! Next event: Tuesday 15 April, 7pm - 8pm
Workshop for Rangatahi - Mug Making with Wakatipu Potters Group
11 to 16 year olds, join us for a hands-on ceramics workshop! Learn to hand-build your own mug, exploring texture, shape, and design. Experiment, get creative, and make something uniquely yours! Tuesday 15 April, 10:30am - 12:30pm
Te Atamira
Ground Floor, Dart House
Remarkables Park Town Centre
12 Hawthorn Drive
Frankton, Queenstown
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Itinerant music rooms
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Recording studio
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